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Social Services expects ~3,239 new Medicaid enrollees; plans hires and notes foster care rate change
Macon County Board of Commissioners · March 1, 2026
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Director Patrick Betancourt said Medicaid expansion could add about 3,239 enrollees to Macon County, enabling state-funded hires of three Income Maintenance Workers; he also said foster care reimbursement rates increase July 1, 2023, and the department has 23 licensed foster families caring for 75 children.
Patrick Betancourt, director of the Macon County Department of Social Services, told the Board of Commissioners during the June 8 work session that Medicaid expansion is expected to bring…
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